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Alexander the Great Driven
From Box by McGrawites
Twenty-Odd Thousand Fans in Delirium as Bats
of Giants Break Loose in Sixth Inning; Single
by Arthur Fletcher Scores Two Runs That Win
By W. O. McGeehan
The Chicago Cubs with their star of the mound officiating in the
centre of the diamond went down to defeat at the hands of the Giants
yesterday afternoon at the Polo Grounds, while more than twenty thou?
sand rabid, roistering, tempestuous fans made old Coogan's Bluffs echo
with cheer:, and jeers. The score in favor of Gotham in this first inter
sectional baseball battle of the year was S to 2.
Mr. and Mrs. Fan, it would appear/
had read the dope correctly, for every
mother's son and daughter in the
stands were assured even before the
pitchers began to warm up that they
were going to have the opportunity of
seeing this Alexander the Famous,
fresh or weary from his activities on
the European battlefront, enter the box
for Mitchell's league champions.
It was the great Alex's second start
of the season and, oddly enough, it was
Ray Fisher, once a Yank and now a
Red, who shattered the hopes of Alex
in his first comeback, by pitching such
superb ball that nary a run could be
garnered in support of Alex's own fine
pitching. The score against Grover
Cleveland in his first attempt of the
season was 1 to 0.
The Right Choice
Rabe Benton, the southpaw, was the
man chosen yesterday by McGraw to
frustrate the ambition of Alexander.
Yesterday's was the worse Hhock of the
two for the Cub pitcher, as that little
mishap in Redland would have been
forgotten if he could have but sub?
dued these slugging McGraw men on
their own lot before a throng that
with its spirit and enthusiasm revived
olden memories of historic conflicts
between these two ball clubs.
Rube turned out to be the proper
selection, although his pathway was
far from smooth during the ertire
struggle. For five innings Benton was
laboring under the heavy handicap of
a two-run lead held by his rivals. He
saw his teammates, that widely adver?
tised band of sluggers, being mowed
down with consummate ease by the
master Alexander, but Rube stuck to
his job most r?obly, and in the sixth in?
ning the storm that every fan and
tennette had been praying for broke
from the bats of the Giants.
Alex the Great was pummelled so
hard and with such consistency that
Reuben found when the shower of hits
had ceased that he and his men were
one run to the good. Alexander was
withdrawn in the next inning and leis?
urely strolled across the field to the
clubhouse, not with the accompaniment
of boos and jeers that is typical
oi' a New York crowd, at least on the
right side of the big bridge.
\ departure was observed with
a;i ne silence. There was re?
spe he hush under Coogan's Bluff,
i-., though beaten, was still great
of the twenty-odd thousand.
ander and Benton deserve
their meed of attention, there is yet
6 - who should have his name
written ?urge in a history of this really
wonderiui game. This third personage
is no less than Captain Arthur Fletch?
er, of the Giants. It was the savage
blow struck by Arthur in the fateful
sixth that brought scurrying across
the platter the two runs that upset
Alexander and won for the Rube,
Cubs Off to Good Start
The Cubs did all their damage in
the first two innings. After Flack had
been thrown out by Fletcher in the
opening stanza, little Charley Hol
locher, the sensational shortstop of the
Chicago team, smashed the ball into
the lower tier of the right field stand
for a home run. Instead of this blow
unnerving Rube, he merely increased
his steam to such an extent that Mann
and Paskert expired on easy driblets
by way of Zim to Chase.
In the second session the Cubs picked
up their last counter. Our old friend
Fred Merkle banged the ball through
the great Heinie for one base and
sped to second on Pick's sacrifice,
which was fielded by Chase to Doyle.
Deal flied to Young, but Killifer
pounded one through the box that
scored the ancient but active Fred.
The Giants had a fine opportunity in
their half of the second to get at least
one of these runs back, but three hits
went to waste as the result of Benja?
min Kauff being caught off second base
on Mann's quick and accurate throw,
following Fletcher's single to left.
From this time on until the grand and
glorious sixth only one hit was gather?
ed from the shoots of Alex.
The assault on Alex began after the
Cub twi/ler had performed the rare
feat of fanning George Burns. Ross
Young, anxious to keep to' his hit-a
day average, popped a safety over short
and as it turned out stirred up a
hornets' nest of trouble for Grover C.
Hal Chase, in an endeavor to work the
hit-and-run play with Young, struck
out for his third consecutive time, but
Ross slid into second safely and then
eame the fireworks.
Larry Doyle drove a fierce wallop
toward right which Flack failed to hold
and Young scooted across the plate.
Penny Kauff continued the cannonad?
ing by banging another safety to right.
Hei"ie the Zim worried a pass out of
Alex, filling the bases, after which the
efore-mentioned Fletcher hit the ball
hard and far to right, and although
Fla?k made a magnificent stop, the;
?Cub outfielder was unable to shut off i
Doyle ar.d Kauff at the scoring station.!
F.f.tcbcr was caught at second try
in?/ to stretch 1rs blow, but it didn't:
i.'.attfr The game wai won and Alex- |
anaer th? Great undone. For the re-1
ma-nder of the contest a certain Mr. |
Martin did the pitching for the Cubs, j
Three Tennis Meets
For Columbia Team !
Th? <"o?unib?* tennis team will have
!i?. hardest matches of the season this
we*k. The programme calls for con?
test-, with Yale, Cornell and Pennsyl?
vania in succession. The Eli combi
nation imputed to be the best college
t^amin th^ East and captained by the
known Chick GarUnd, will be me:
"V the Blur; and White at New Haven
k tn:s afternoon.
f Cornell come. to Morningside
heights Friday afternoon and the
P?nn*ylvan?* t*am wii! be the op
?>cn*nt on South Field Saturday. The
<.,olu'ftfcu t?am in all these meets will
probably by H. W. Forster, A. von
Bernuth, W. Felstiner and & Alex?
ander, with Haldenstein and Raymond
in rtntrve.
Southern Asaociation
V#w Ofl??ri?-M<.rnr,h!?~fO?Uy<i<3).
Af?ania-Klrmlnrhai?. ~{W?t ground?),
?"??tuno?**, '/., .?.'??hvill?, 1.
Motril?. J ; IMtl? Rock. D.
? " ' ' ?-' ? ?
? American Wocialion
ft f'?ul, 1: Mllwaukr-o, J,
?LCtiiSVlll?, '??-. ? ?'? i'i.L?x,J?a, f,,
MlOfi?apoli? -, Kan?*? City, 1.
Coittmbu; ?; Tol?do, 7.
..... -? i. ..- ?.
OfAJTT? T?. CHICAGO, TO-ilAT, Z:?t) p.
M. Pol? OrournJa AdrnlMton too.?Advt.
Off Day for Alex!
CHICAGO (N. L.)
shrhpo a e
Flack, rf_3 0 0 3 10,
IlaruIrLt ...10 0 0 0 0
Barber. rf...0 0 0 0 0 0
Hollo'er, s?. .4 12 3 2 0
Mann, if ...4 0 1 0 10
Faskert. cf. .3 0 0 2 0 0
Merkle, lb ..4 1 1 7 0 0
Flck, 2b ...10 0
NEW YORK (N. L.)
ab r h ?PO a o
Burns. If....40 1 2 00
Young, rf...4 1 2 3 0 0
Chase, lb...3 0 0 11 11
Doyle. 2b... 4 1 1 2 10
Kauff, cr....3 1 3 3 1*
Zlm'an. 3b..2 0 10 3 1
Fletcher, SS..4 0 2 2 3 1
MrCarty, c.,3 0 0 3 10
HVFarrell ..10 0 0 0 0 Benton, p ..3 0 0 1 2 0
Kilcluff, 2b..l0 0 1 2 0
Deal. 3b ....3 0 0 1 0 0
Kllllfer, C...4 0 1 S 0 0
Alxoandor, p. 2 0 1 0 2 (I
IDaly .100 0 00
Martin, p ..0 0 0 0 10
?JMcCabe ....0 0 0 0 00
Total? . ..82 2 6 24 10 o| Total? . .20 3 10 27 12 3
?Batted for Barber in Sth Inning.
? Batted for Pick In 6th inning.
JBatted for Alexander in 7th inning.
SHan for Deal In 9th inning.
Chicago .1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0?2
New York .0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 x?3
Two-base hit?Kauff. Home run?Hol
locher. Stolen base?Young. Sacrifice hits
?Pick, Deal and Chase. Double plays?
Hollocher, Pick and Merkle; Kilduff and
Hollocher. Left on bases?New York, 4;
Chicago, 6. First base on errors?Chicago,
?;. Basea on balls?Off Benton, 1; off Alex?
ander. 1. Hits?Oft Alexander, 9 in 6 in?
nings: off Martin, 1 in 2 Innings. Struck
out?By Benton, 5; by Alexander, 6. Los?
ing pitcher?Alexander.
Two Oarsmen
Return and Boost
Hopes of Columbia
Columbia's hopes for victory in the
Childs Cup Race at Princeton next Sat?
urday were greatly heightened yester?
day by the return of Abcll at bow and
Schactel at No. 6 to the 'varsity boat.
Both these men had been out of the
bhell with boils, and considerable doubt
was expressed as to whether or not
they would be ready in time for the
big classic.
The 'varsity and freshman crews had
their last practice on the Hudson yes?
terday afternoon. After a talk by Ad?
visory Coach Gianinni and a few prac?
tice starts, a mile race was staged be?
tween the first boat and the freshies.
The yearlings were given a lib?rai
handicap, but the 'varsity had little dif?
ficulty in assuming the lead. Both
crews finished strong.
The practice was held under the su?
pervision of Advisory Coach Gianinni
and Coach Fred Plaisted. Charles
Halstead Mapes, chairman of the Uni?
versity Committee on Athletics,
watched the shells work out from the
launch and expressed his entire satis?
faction with the showing of the crews.
There will be no practice for the
Blue and White oarsmen to-day. The I
shells will be taken down to the Penn- j
sylvania Railroad piers this afternoon !
and will go to Princeton" Thursday i
morning. The 'varsity will hold i
workouts twice daily to-morrow
and Friday on Lake Carnegie in an
endeavor to get used to the smoother
water of the lake course.
The composition of the crews is as i
follows:
'Varsity?Bow, Abell; No. 2, Wal- |
decker; Xo. 3, Neumann; No. 4, Hyde;
No. 5, Helwig; No. 6, Schactel; No. 7,
Saacke; stroke. Lott (captain); cox?
swain, Cohen.
Freshman?Bow, Frost; No. 2, Brad
shaw; No. 3, Enslow; No. 4, Scovil;
No. 5, Schl?ter; No. 6, Parks; No. 7,
Wright (captain); stroke, Lewis; cox?
swain, Wartels.
Golf Match for $5,000
Seems To Be Assured
CHICAGO, May 13.?Local golfers in
behalf of Jock Hutchinson and Jim
Barnes, Chicago and St. Louis, re?
spectively, announced to-day these two
will accept the offer of Alec Smith, of
Wykagyl, N. Y., and Gilbert Nicholls,
unattached, to play any two profes?
sionals in the country for a purse of
$5,000.
The proposition was for thirty-six
holes at Wykagyl and thirty-six at a
course to be named, and the proba?
bility is the latter will be Glenview,
Hutchinson's club, or Sunset Hills,
where Barnes is professional.
-.-%
Doom Case Dismissed
READING, Penn., May 13.--Charles
Dooin, playing manager of the Read?
ing International League Baseball
Club, accused of playing ball on Sun?
day, May 4, was discharged by a local
court to-day, because of insufficient
evidence. The prosecution had been
brought at the instanc? of the Read?
ing Ministerial Association. The
prosecution will make further efforts
to stop baseball here on Sundays.
-?- ?
Gary Gets Big Meet
AKRON, Ohio, May 13.?Gary, Ind.,
was selected for the staging of the
first national annual field and track
meet, July 4, by officers of the Ameri?
can Industrial Athletic Association who
met here to-day. Fifty industrial in?
stitutions, employing over half a mill
Ion men, will send representatives to
the meet, it is announced.
Kumagae Advances
In Tennis Tourney
On Harlem Courts
By Fred Hawthorne.
Defaulting was the rule yesterday
afternoon in the annual open tourna?
ment of the Harlem Tennis Club
singles, eighteen matches being wiped
off the score board in that effortless
manner. It seemed as though the
sudden change in the weather from
rain to sunshine had so stupefied the
players that they were unable to re?
cuperate in time to reach the courts.
The feature of the playing yesterday
was the advance of Ichiya Kumagae in
the upper half of the draw. The Japa?
nese is'generally regarded as the fin?
alist in his section of the draw, and
he played with increasing speed and
skill in his two matches of the day.
First he took on H. H. Manchester,
the club champion, and won by a score
of 6?2, 6?4. H. R. Hathaway, the
one-armed player, was Kumagae's next
victim, and he yielded in two quick
sets, at 6?1, 6?1. The Japanese was
putting a lot of "pace" on his ground
strokes, and the ball was always heav?
ily "topped."
Manchester really gave the metro
poritan champion quite a tussle in the
second set, the game being fought out
from deep court, at which both are
adepts. Manchester led at 3?2, and
the eighth game was desperately con?
tested, the points going to deuce eight
or ten times before Kumagae made it
4?all on games. After that the Jap?
anese put on an extra burst of speed
and Manchester, "all out," dropped the
next two games and the match.
Ensign Alex lier scored a sensational
upset "on the books" by his straight
se victory over Wylie C. Grant, the
veteran of the indoor courts and holder
of the national indoor doubles cham?
pionship half a dozen times. Her won
at 6?4, 6?1 in a match that held
plenty of thrills for the gallery. Grant
was short of practice and lier was
very steady. *
The summaries follow:
Harlem Tennis Club's men's open .?Infries
?first round).?H. Schwartz won from W.
M Fischer, by default; II. H. Manchester
won from F. M. Letson, by default; .1. II.
Stetnkampf won from Harry Sachs, by
default; C. E. B?chner won from T. Le
Gros, by default; Paul Ooold won from J.
W. Morsereau, by default; Dr. William
Rosenbaum defeated H. Caosel, ?7?2, 6?0;
.1. Wlseltler won from Vincent Richards,
by default.
S? cond round.?P. Kynaston won from
J. Le via, by default; Augustin Healy won
from S. G. Hardye, by default; II. Pope ?
defeated H. H. Galbraith, 6?4, 6?3; II. I
Schwartz won from A. S. Von Bernuth,
by ?lefault ; H. P. Hathaway won from
Gerald Emerson, by ?lefault; Ichiya
KumaKae defeated if. 11. Manchester,
6?2, 6?4; Allan Behr won from J. 11.
Steinkampf, by default; H. Norton won
from B?chner, by default; Dr. Rosenbaum
won from Goo Id, by default; F. T.
Hunter defeated J. Wlseltler. ??2, 6?2.
Thlril round.-?Kynaston won from It. IS.
.Johnson, by ?lefault; Ken Vamasaki won
from T. Keene, bv default; R. .1. Sommers
defeated H. Bruine, 6?4, 2?6, 6?2; J. W. !
Fox defeated Colgate Bal;er, 6?1. 6 ? 1 ; ?
Harold I,. Taylor defeated Healy. 6?4.
6?_; Kumagu* defeated Hathaway, 6 ? 1,
6?1; Behr defeated H. Norton, fi?1, 6?2;
Hunter defeated Rosenbaum, 6?3, 6?4;
Brubans defeated E. liry, 6?0, 6?2; Alex
He,- defeated NVvlle < '. Grant, 6?4. 6?l; j
W. T. Tilden. 2d, won from J. Abels, by
default; I,. Bry won from G. O. Brlnker
hoff, by default: K. Rodgors won from J.
Rooney, by default.
Fourth round.?Kynaston defeated Yam?
asakl, 6?2, 6?0; Taylor defeated Paul
Martin, 6?4, 6?1; l.ouls Bry defeated
Rodger?, 6?3. 1?C, 6?3.
Standing of Major League Clubs
NATIONAL LEAGUE | AMERICAN LEAGUE
GAMES TO-DAY GAMES TO-DAY
Chicago In New York. I New York in Detroit.
Cincinnati in Brooklyn. Boston in Chicago.
Pittsburgh in Philadelphia. Washington in Cleveland.
St. ?Louis in Boston.! Philadelphia in St. Louis.
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Cleveland, 8; Detroit, 5.
St. Louis, 2; Chicago, 1.
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
New York, 8; Chicago, 2.
Brooklyn, 4; Cincinnati, 3 (11 Inn.)
Philadelphia, 3; Pittsburgh, 2.
Ht. Louis, 4; Boston, 2.
STANDING OF TEAMS STANDING OF TEAMS
W. L. P.C. W.L.P.G W.L.P.C! W. L. P.C.
B'klyn.,.10 3 .7S9Phlia. 5 6 .45.VChicago.. 12 4 .750! Wash'ton. 6 6 .500
If. Y. ... 9 4 .692?PHtsburg. 6 8 .429 Boston. ..74 .636IDctrolt . . 5 10 .333
Cln'natl.ll 5 .fiHBSt. Louis. 4 12 .250 N. Y. 6 4 .600!St. Louls.,4 10 .286
Chicago .9 7 .563; Boston... 110 .0911 Cleveland 9 6 .fiOOIPhila .... 3 8 .273
RUBE BENTON, pictured
here, gave one of the
most impressive exhibi?
tions of pitching in the sensa?
tional battle between the
Giants and the Cubs yesterday
that ?the Polo Grounds f~ns
have ever had the pleasure of
witnessing. Rube was un?
dismayed when the visitors
piled up a two-run lead early,
and from the second inning
?n appeared to be getting
stronger and stronger. Only
three hits did Benton allow
from the second until the end.
In the last three, innings Rube
retired the opposing batters
without the semblance of a
hit, although Heinie Zimmer?
man and Arthur Fletcher con?
tributed errors which, had not
, the Rube been so sturdy, might
I have upset his equilibrium.
(Copyright, 1919, New York Tribune Inc.)
The return of Edward V. Cicotte with "something on it," and his win
; ning ways, has boosted White Sox chances by a number of kilometres,
? adopting the quaint French measurement.
Edward V., after a long and honorable career of servitude in the rifle
| pit, was supposed to be very much to the hoity-toity last season, hanging
j on by an eyelash.
But Edward V. is one of those rare birds who is liable to come back
I at any moment with a fist full of important stuff, and 1919 seems to be
j his year again.
Cicotte was pitching for Detroit in 1905, a matter of fourteen seasons
{ ago. He was in bad favor there, his native heath, and later drifted around
! to Augusta, Indianapolis, Des Moines and Lincoln before he finally lit on
i Boston. Cicotte remained with Boston four and a half years before the
j Red Sox shifted him to Chicago, Edward V. replacing red hosiery with
: white. When he skidded badly last season at the age of thirty-four few
! believed he would ever be a factor again. Yet here he is back among
j the winners once more, backed up by a hard hitting ball club that is dead
sure to be a live and wiry factor all the year.
Chicago's Double Grab
Thirteen years ago Chicago went lorth and blew herself to both pen?
nants, holding a world series without any outside assistance.
That incident or episode had never taken place before?and it has
never happened since in any other commonwealth.
Now the same city is making the same bid again. Both Cubs and
j White Sox have first class chances to storm and hold the heights.
Kid Gleason has his people stepping at top speed. He has a vast
! amount of hitting power aboard, and if the pitching holds up, the White
; Sox will have a tidy chance to win.
The Cubs have so far drawn very little benefit from Grover Cleve
! ?and Alexander. Yet with Big Alex working his way into shape they have
pounded along among the elect, and when he is ready to join hands with j
Vaughn and Tyler there should be a flock of dust along the track.
Referee's Decision
In case Willard and Dempsej are unable to flatten each other when
they meet, the title will then go by a refei*ee's decision.
This will b'j a decided change. No heavyweight championship?none
in the last thirty years?has ever changed hands over any other route !
than the K. O., which is generally conclusive.
The closest call to a decision was Corbett's first meeting with Jeffries
ever the twenty-five-round distance.
For twenty-two rounds Corbett outpointed Jeff by a dozen leagues.
He had the argument all his own way until he became overconfident and
strayed in close reach of Jeff's swing.
If Corbett had been content to play it safe for a round or two
longer he would have rewon his title to a certainty, for the referee could
have given the decision no other way.
Of course Willard is confident that he will knock D'empsey out in
less than twelve rounds.
And of course Dempsey is confident that he will knock Willard out
in less than twelve rounds.
But the chances are the referee will be called upon to award the
chaplet of laurel, olive or jimson weed, as the case may be.
"GofF," remarks George Low, "is an 'umblin' game." Especially when
a man drives 250 yards and shortly after misses a two-foot putt. It
is on the green that arrogance most often hits the soapy chute.
Since his rampant Dodgers began popping out at both ends, Squire!
Ebbets has had very little time for golf. Down in Jacksonville the i
Squire inspected every ?rap en the course, altering the physical aspects
of most of them with a club that closely resembled a niblick. But the
Squire has no time to spend down in pits and traps with his ball club
where it is. Nothing to it.
Beyond
Spring lias a worthy line,
But slip me the ancient throb
When the melon's back on the vine?
And the corn gets back on the cob.
"Abe Mitchell, of England, the world's longest driver," may play in
the next Open Championship. But it's generally the world's longest
putter that raises the so-called dickens in one of these medal affairs.
After reading the terms of the peace treaty, German delegates who
brought their golf clubs to Versailles are said to have lost all immediate
interest in slathering bogy for the time being.
National League
Puts Player
Limit at 25
Sunday Dates for Local
Games Fixed; Gonzales
Sure To Be a Giant
At a special meeting of the National
League, held in this city, yesterday,
it was decided to abrogate an amend?
ment to the constitution, adopted at
the last annual meeting here, which
would have limited the roster of each
club to twenty-one players, beginning
to-morrow.
The amendment to the amendment
was adopted unanimously, being moved
by Barney Dreyfus and seconded by
William F. Baker, two club owners
most actively associated in the original
amendment which would have forced
all club managers to cut to twentv-one
to-morrow (May 15). By way ?f an
out the National League fell back upon
the old national agreement, a point
well taken in view of the fact that
the minor leagues have broken away
from the majors.
Theseiminor leagues refused to take
major league players on optional
agreements and it was considered too
severe a hardship to ask all National
League clubs to relinquish title to
valuable prospects. Furthermore, the
new limit of twenty-five men wi'1 n
able club owners to provide em, loy
ment for player-soldiers not yet mus?
tered out of the army. There is no
doubt that the American League will
follow suit, if indeed it does not abol?
ish the roster limit entirely.
Sunday dates for local games at the
Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field were
allotted to the Giants and Superbas as
follows:
At the Polo Grounds?May 18, Cin?
cinnati; May 26, St. Louis; June 1,
Boston; July 13, Pittsburgh; July 20,
Chicago; July 27, Boston; August 17,
Chicago; August 24, Pittsburgh; Sep?
tember 7, Boston, and September 28,
Philadelphia.
At Ebbets Field?May 18, Chicago;
May 25, Pittsburgh; June 1, Philadel?
phia; June 29, Philadelphia; July 6
Boston; July 13, St. Louis; July 20,
Cincinnati; July 27, Philadelphia; Au?
gust 10, Pittsburgh; August 17, Cin?
cinnati; August 24, St. Louis; August
31, New York, and September 7, Phila?
delphia.
While the parties interested denied
that there had been any developments.
John J. McGraw, Clark Griffith and
Branch Rickey were in conference here
yesterday. From an authority which
should know whereof it speaks it was
said that the long-heralded three-cor?
nered deal would go through success?
fully at last. Barney Dreyfuss de?
clared, however, that he had not waived
title to Davey Robertson. Doc Lavan,
it is understood, has been waived by
all American League clubs on the un?
derstanding that Robertson shall go to
Washington.
Meanwhile, the wise ones declare in
case Robertson cannot be gotten out of
the National League McGraw and
Rickey will effect a swap of Robertson
for Gonzales. It is said New York has
practically a clear title to the Cuban
catcher at the present time, but that
official announcement is withheld, as
Gonzales has not come to terms with
McGraw.
Timely Hitting Wins
Game for Indians
DETROIT, Mich., May 13.?Timely
hitting by Cleveland batters and the
unsteadiness of Detroit pitchers gave
j the visitors their second victory in
the postponed series to-day, 8 to 5.
With Cleveland in the lead by four
runs in the sixth inning, Flagstead led
a Detroit rally with a home run that
fell only one short of tieing the score.
CLEVELAXD (A. L.) I DETROIT (A. L.)
ab ( h po a el ab r h po a c
(irr.nev. If..4 0 3 1 1 0 Hush, sa ...5 1 4 1 2 0
Chap'an. ss.4 0 0 4 4 0'Ellison. 2b. .4 0 I) 2 4 0
Speaker cf..4 1 0 3 0 OJCobb. ?-f ...50 .3 5 00
?Smith rf ..5 1 0 4 0 0 Ve.ich. If ..5 0 o 4 no
Cardr.er 3b 5 1 1 0 3 0 Hel'man, 11).4 0 112 0 0
Wam'ss, 2b.5 1 1 0 1 0 Flagstead, rf.4 1 1 0 0 0
Johnston lb.2 2 2 13 10 .Iones. 3b ..2 0 0 0 0 0
O'Neill C...3 2 2 2 1 0|Alnsmith, c..4 1 1 3 lu
fnuniLw, p..2 0 2 0 2 0 Dyer, 3b ...2 1 1 0 10
Coveles'e, p. 10 0 0 2 OjDauss. p ...2 0 0 0 4 0
Cunnln'in, p.O 1 0 0 2 1
Totals . .35 8 11 27 15 o! Totals . .37 5 11 27 14 1
Cleveland ...022002 2 0 0?8
D?truit .0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0?5
Two-base hits?Bush (2), O'Neill. Three
base hits-?Graney, Ainsmith, Heilmann,
Wambsganss. Homo run?Flagstead. Stolen
base?Johnston. Sacrifice hits?Chapman.
Coumbe. Sacrifice fly?Graney. Left on
bases?Cleveland, 7; Detroit, 9. Bases on
balls-Off Dauss, 3: off Coumbe, 3; off
Coveleskle, 1. First base on errors?Cleve?
land, 1. Hits?Off Dauss. 9 in 6 innings
off ?Cunningham, 2 in 3 lrrnings; off Cove?
leskle, 2 In 3 2-3 Innings; off Coumbe, 9 in
5 1-3 Innings. Hit by pitcher?By Dauss
?Johnston). Strike o'.'ts ? By Dauss, 2; by
Coumbe, 1; by Cunningham, 1; by Cove?
leskle, 2. Winning pitcher?Coumbe.
Dosing pitcher?Dauss.
Cards Clinch Game
In Third Inning
BOSTON, May 13.?St. Louis scored
three runs on seven hits off Nehf in the
first three innings and defeated Boston
to-day, 4 to 2. The fourth tally for the
Cardinals resulted from three errors.
Boston's runs came in the third, on
Goodwin's pass to Maranville, Herzog's
triple and Powell's single.
ST. LOITS (N. J.) | BOSTON* (X. L.)
ab r b po a el ab r h po a e
Plinttnn. If .-I 1 ?i 1 0 OlMaran'le, ss.,4 10 2 4 1
.1 Smith, cf.5 0 1 2 0 0 ?'erzog 2b .7,12 1 2 1
Stock 3b -5 1 1 0 4 1 Powell, rf ? -10 2 2 0 2
Hornsbv. ss.5 2 3 2 2 0I.IC Smith, 3b.4 0 l 2 2 0
Schultz, rf..4 0 o 2 ?I o: lilguert. cf. ..4 0 1 3 0 0
Snyder, lb..30 l 12 0 0 Koike, lb . 4 n n 14 00
Miller, 2t>. ..4 0 2 2 II0 Wilson, e ...4 0 2 2 4 0
Clcmnns, c.4 0 2 6 0 l|Kelly. If _401 1 0 0
Goodwin, p..3 0 0 0 1 0 Xehf, p -200 0 10
|*J. Miller ..10 0 0 0 0
[Fllljnglm, p. .0 0 0 0 10
ItScolt ,.100 0 00
Totals ..37 4 10 27 13 2| Totals ...372027144
?Batted for Xehf in seventh Inning.
tDatted for Fllllngim In ninth inning.
St. I.ouis ...10 2 0 1 0 0 0 0?4
Bost.jn .0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0?2
Two-base hit?Clemons. Three-base hit
?Herzog. Stolen base?Powell. Sacrifico
hit?Snyiler. Sacrifice fly?Schult-.. Left
on bases?St. I.ouis. 10; Boston, 9. Bases
on balls?Off Goodwin. 1; off Xehf, 1; off
Fllllngim, 1. Hits?Off Xehf. 7 In 7
Innings; off Fllllngim. 3 In 2 Innings. Balk
?Goodwin. Struck out?By Goodwin. 6; by
Xehf, 2. Wild pitch?Xehf. Dosing
pitcher?Xehf.
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For Robbie in Eleventh
Jeff Pfeffer Comes Out on Top in Pitching Duel
With Ray Fisher, Ex-Yankee; Sherry Magee
Surprises Fans by Startling Catch Off Krueger
By W. J. Macbeth ?,
Uncle Robbie's Dodgers maintained their grip on first position in
the National League by turning back Pat Moran's Cincinnati Redlejrs o*
the first assault of the Western wing upon the East. Robbie's ladThad
a fight on their hands, it may be whispered. It took them eleven touri!
innings to nose out the Rhinelanders by a score of 4 to 3. "
Brooklyn was fighting for more than
the league lead. Long before the pas?
time at Ebbets Field was concluded
the scoreboard showed the hated (in
Brooklyn) Giants victorious over the
| champion Cubs. A slip by the Flat
? bush Fusiliers would not only have
? precipitated Brooklyn out of its high
j and lofty seat, but into a tie for sec
| ond place with the Polo Grounders as
i well. The history of the metropolis
is rich in the tradition that the
Dodgers seldom have the stamina to
measure the journey stride for stride
with McGraw's wrecking crew.
Aside from prestige of the cold
standings a moral principle was at
stake. This particular fray?one
might almost call it the start of a
crucial series?started the heaviest
wallops the rival miracle managers
I could deliver in an effort to get the
| jump. Ray Fisher, the Yankee dis
? card, who had carried the Reds *o four
| consecutive victories, was opposed to
the undefeated Big Jeff Pfeffer, archi
j tect of four straight Brooklyn wins.
Both Pitchers Wabbly
i To a man up a tree it looked very
much as if both pitchers and players
? let their minds 'linger too deeply on
the particular importance of this head
on collision. Neither tosser was hit
particularly hard, save in segregated
spots. But both were inclined to be
i wabbly at times. Fisher weakened
perceptibly toward the end. Just why
Pat Moran didn't hoist him is some
' what puzzling. Maybe he wished to
play Fisher's luck to the limit.
Pfeffer, who seemed to have great
j difficulty in getting the ball up to the
? plate now and then and who was
wild as the March hare most of the
time, may"perhaps be excused in light
of the fact thai he had been ailing
1 several days. It was against Robbie's
i better judgment that Big Jeff forced
himself into the rifle-pit once he
divined that Moran intended to star'
the undefeated Fisher. Jeff thought e
declination of the issue might be in?
terpreted wrongly by the rabid Flat
bush fans.
Pfeffer deserved the victory ove
Fisher. lie showed by far the mon
nerve and resource in the pinches
Errors paved the way to Cincinnati':
first brace of runs. Pfeffer forced ii
the other with a hit batsman. Th>
boys on both sides seemed worried a
the plate in the pinches, though the;
rose to the heights on defense. Field?
ing both pro and con was brilliant, a
times even superb.
Why, o d Sherry Magee, who was sup
posed to be ; .? seasons ago, made t
running i Krueger's bid for i
triple in .i. third inn ng th t G?orgie
Burns himself c.;u:d not have bettered
The play of the lival infields .va:
thrillingly satisfactory; superb, on '.h<
whole, indeed. Groh especially distin?
guished around the near corner and i'
was mainly due to his reliability tha'
Fisher's chances were carried inte
overtime. Malone, who had fewer hare
chances, evened it by breaking up th<
game at the psychological moment.
True, the Reds did considerable pop
ping up in the pinches yesterday after
noon, but they had little on our Dod
gers in that respect. Both sides ha?
plenty of chances to put on the oil
crusher. After stealing second in th?
first inning Neale was smothered fo
the third out on an attempt to nego
tiate third on a pitch that, passe?
Sherry Magee. Double plays ruine?
two good chances for Cincinnati. H
Myers wasted a double when he wa
trapped flatfooted off second by a sna]
throw from Fisher.
The Reds got two runs in the third
Wingo singled and took an extra bas
when Wheat fumbled the ball. Whei
Fisher bunted Pfeffer played the bal
late to third. Rath grounded to th
box. Then Neale walked, filling th
bases. Krueger .hrew wildly to catel
Fisher off second; on the error Wing
scored and Fisher reached third. Gro
singled to left, scoring Fisher. Mage
Pfeffer on Job!
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CINCINNATI (S. L.) | BROOKLYN (N r?
Rath. 2b...511 2 20Olson. ss. 40 0^ 5?
Neale, ef.,.4 0 3 1 00 L Mu?, lb.5 1 1 ?! il
Groh. 3b ..3 0 1 1 4 0 Griffith, rf..5 0 1 ? n!
S .Magee. ]f.4O0 3 0 ol Wheat. If ..SI o I ai
Haubert, lb.5 0 1 19 1 (rStyer?. cf 51 s ? ni
Kopf, as ..4 0 0 4 3 ?KKonetchy, ib.4 1 2 11 ?I
Oueto. rf...5 0 1 1 0 OlMalone, Ib..4 1 2 s ?l
' Wlngo, C...411 1 lOKrueger. c.40 0 * i ?
, Fl?ner, p...5 10 0 8 0 Pfeffer, p...4 0 2 i S?
Totals...39 3 8 *S2 19o| Tota? ..40 4 10' JS IS|
?Two out when winning run wag scored.
Cincinnati. 0 0 2000014c 0-4
?Brooklyn.. 0001100C10 1?4
Two-base hit?L. Magee. Stolen banes??
? Neale, Konetchy. Sacrifice hits?Qroh.
! Ma lone. .Double plays?P?effer. Malo???
and Konetchy, Olson, L,. Magee and
Korretehy. Left on bases?Cincinnati Si
Brooklyn, 7. Bases on balls?Off Pfeffer
4; off Fisher. 2. Hit by pitcher?B?
Pfeffer, 1 (S. Magee). Struck out?B*
Pfeffer, 1; by Fisher, 1. r
hit sharply to the box and was doubled,
with Neale in a play across the dia
mond.
Lee Magee doubled to start th*
fourth, took third on two influid out?
and scored on Myers's double to right
Hi was picked off second before Kone*
had a chance to hit him home. Pfefc
j fer's second single knotted it in th?
i fifth. It tallied Koney, who reached
? third on a pass, Malone's sacrifice and
Krueger's infield out.
I ? In the eighth the Reds crowded to
, the front again. Rath singled and to
! did Neale. Groh walked, filling the
bases. Pfeffer hit S. Magee, forcing
Rath home with a run. It looked like
curtains for Brooklyn. But Lee Ma?
i gee made a great play on Daubert'?
hot shot and forced Neale at the plat?.
: To Bill Phelon's accompaniment Kopf
; and Cueto "popped up."
Brooklyn tied in the ninth. Griffith,
! who singled, was forced by Wheat,
I He advanced on Myers's out and scored
on Koney's single down the left chalk
mark. Kopf walked, starting Cincin?
nati's eleven. The next three were
pop-up victims.
Two were out in Brooklyn's half
when the winning raily was launched.
Myers singled and sprinted to s?eond
when on a hit-and-run play L mey
again came to the rescue, this time
with a clean safety to ri,.ht. Kmey
stole second. Ma one pumped a single
into right, ending it.
Phillies Take Game
From the Pirales, 3?2
PHILADELPHIA, May 13?PbiladeL
phia defeated Pittsburgh today 3 to 2,
principally because of the effec.ivenesi
of Jacobs. Cutshaw's drive into the
left field seats and a tally handed to
the Pirates by Jacobs's lapse from
form in the seventh, was all their
scoring.
Great outfielding by Bigbee and
Meusel saved both pitchers.
The score:
riTTSBl.'BGH (N*. L.) ] PHILA. IN. L.)
at) r h po a e? ibrhi? ll
Terry, as ...300 0 40lPearce. 2b...4 11 0 SO
Carey, cf ...2 0 0 0 OO^Vhltted. If...4 0 1 1 00
Zir7Dian, If..2 0 0 0 0 0|Meusel. cf ..4 0 1 4 00
Stengel, rf ..402 2 0 Oll.urlerus, lb..40012 00
Cutshaw. 2b.3 1 1 4 2U;Cravath. rf...'<!22 2 00
Saler, lb ...3 10 12 0 0 Baird. 3b ...3 0 1 1 8 0
Boeckel. 3b..3O0 2 2 01 Sicking, 8S ..3 0 0 2 3 0
Bigbee. If cf.4 0 0 3 0 n Adams, c ...3 0 2 5 0 0
Schmidt, c.lOO 1 1 0!Jacobs, p ...3 0 0 0 10
?Sweeney, c.2 0 0 0 0 ?i
Hamilton. p,.3 0 0 0 3 0
Totals ...30 2 3 24 12 01 Totals ...30 3 8 27 111
?Batted for Schmidt In seventh.
Pittsburgh. 01000010 0?I
Philadelphia_ 01110000 x?l
Home runs?Cutshaw, Cravath. Two-baaO
hits?Whitted, Meusei, Adams. Stolen
bases?Saier, Boeckel Hamilton, Pearce,
Meusel. Double play?Cutshaw unassisted.
Left on bases?Pittsburgh. 6; Philadelphia,
4. Base on balls?Off Hamilton, 1 ; off J??
cobs. 4. Hit by pitcher?By Jacobs. Salea
Struck out?By Hamilton, 1; by Jacobs, 6.
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